Deadline: 10/15/2008
Notifcation date: 12/1/2008
Duration: no longer than one year beginning 1/1/09
Award: $150,000 total ($50,000 max per project)
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The Cyber Center at Discovery Park requests seed grant proposals from Purdue faculty and staff. A total of $150,000 has been allocated this year to fund seed grants for proposals that catalyze new high impact activities at Purdue. We anticipate making multiple awards during this round of seed funding. This program is not meant to fund complete projects, but rather to provide the necessary support to start new efforts that will be supported longer term by other funding sources. The proposals must be multidisciplinary, innovative and on topics that could potentially lead to major funding from either the Computer Information Science and Engineering (CISE), or Office of Cyber infrastructure (OCI) directorates at NSF, or similar programs at other funding agencies. All funded project teams are expected to submit a proposal for funding from external sources and that such a proposal be submitted through the Cyber Center within six months of the completion of the seed grant. Preference will be given to proposals bringing investigators together within or across departments or institutions to combine their creative talents in the identification of compelling, transformative research agendas that promise disruptive innovations in computing and information, or have the potential to develop a large cyber infrastructure of potential benefit to a wide user community. These funds should be used for initial results or prototypes that will lead to larger funded innovative initiatives.
Eligibility
Anyone certified by the Office of the Vice President for Research to serve as a Principal Investigator to an outside agency may submit a proposal. The PI must be from Purdue West Lafayette, but the proposed team may include personnel from Purdue’s regional campuses.
Application and Submission Process
Proposals: The deadline for receipt of proposals is 5:00 p.m., Friday, October 31,
2008. Proposals should be submitted as a single pdf file attachment to an e-mail message addressed to Barbara Fossum at bfossum@cs.purdue.edu. Projects should have a start date no earlier than January 1, 2009, and include expenditure of all funds within one year.
Budget Requirements
Proposals must include a budget prepared by the investigator’s business office. A budget template is included at the end of this Request for Proposals. A COEUS budget is not to be included with the proposal; however, those proposals selected for funding must submit a COEUS budget within 14 days of notification of award.
Proposals may request up to $50,000 in Cyber Center funds.
There is no cost share requirement for this competition.
Budgets are not to include facilities and administrative costs (F&A), faculty salaries, or fringe benefits.
For graduate students, stipends only should be included in the budget.
Proposals are to be attached to a completed University Proposal Submission Form, and should follow this sequence:
Page 1. Face page, including:
Proposal title
Principal investigator, with signature
Any additional partnering Discovery Park Center(s)
Total budget
Project period
Pages 2 – 4. Research plan, limited to 3 pages, single-spaced, one inch margins, and no smaller than 11 point font. Proposals must address:
The research plan should provide a sufficiently detailed description of the research activity, the roles of the included personnel, and address the review criteria listed below.
Provide a compelling rationale for how innovations in, and/or innovative use of, the proposed research activity will yield the desired project outcomes.
What extramural funding will be pursued on the basis of the proposed activity.
A plan for routinely updating Cyber Center partner(s) on progress in order to promote collaboration and maximize impact.
Page 5. References.
Additional required pages:
Two-page biographical sketch for each participant
Two-page current and pending support for each participant
Budget, using form below
Review Process
The proposals will be peer-reviewed by a panel composed of Cyber Center and other Purdue faculty, which will rank the proposals and make recommendations for funding to the Director of the Cyber Center for final prioritization and selection.
Review Criteria
Quality – The proposed research activity will meet high standards of scholarship.
Leadership – The investigators must be innovative, have a strong track record, and be entrepreneurial in the broadest sense of showing initiative and creativity to address a developing opportunity. They must be adept at problem solving, create synergy by combining talents/resources, and be driven to overcome obstacles to succeed.
Synergy – Proposals should be multidisciplinary and mindful of the mission and goals of the Cyber Center which include advancing the state of the art in computer research and the development of innovative cyberinfrastructure .
Leverage – Proposals will be judged on how creatively Cyber Center resources are leveraged to enhance success.
Potential Impact – The result of the proposed activity must show promise to lead to great impact as measured by potential for extramural funding or potential to generate a new technology.
Post-Award and Reporting Requirements
All proposal teams are required to submit both a six month and a final project report in the form of a PowerPoint or similar presentation and a final written report in the format specified by the Cyber Center. In many cases a proposal to an external agency will be a suitable final report.
Follow-on extramural funding should be managed by the Cyber Center business office in cooperation with the home departments of the investigators.
Contact Information
Questions about proposal submission should be directed to Barbara Fossum at bfossum@cs.purdue.edu.
